Browse: Orchestral, Symphonies, Szymanowski (composer)

These performances prove ideal, finding luminosity at the opening, and delivering a taut, energetic fugal finale...In the oberek dance rhythms of the orgiastic finale, Gardner shows how he has... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Three of Szymanowski's most important works show Rattle's ability to energise music in which he believes. Sensuality and cogency blend in refined sound. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The BBC Symphony Chorus sings with languid exaltation, yet it is the orchestral detail that impresses most here, right from the still, mystery-laden opening...Gardner conducts with such conviction... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The first impression here is that Rattle is relatively new to Szymanowski. There's a huge enthusiasm here, a missionary quality that bespeaks the recent convert. On the other hand the care over... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Szymanowski's Symphony No. 2 shows him beginning to approach his first maturity as a composer… In Symphony No. 3, composed five years later, the mature Szymanowski has arrived. Again, this... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Throughout the entire program, Liebreich and his Polish musicians maintain a high standard of performance. It is clearly music that means much to them, but one also gets a forceful impression... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

The sound quality throughout the set is often rather better than you might expect, given the clandestine nature of the enterprise and the age of the originals...What a wonderful privilege, being... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 More…